485 Support your own goals by yourself

Next, he continued to speak about the publishing matters of the newspaper.

"Our newspaper pays for manuscripts anywhere from two to eight yuan per thousand characters, depending on the quality."

"Your story alone is worth eight yuan, not to mention the added illustrations. After discussion, the newspaper has decided to pay you ten yuan per thousand characters, with the extra two yuan as a subsidy for the illustrations."

"There's also royalties, which, as is customary, are based on sales volume..."

Lin Tang was quite familiar with the newspaper's publishing situation.

After hearing Su Qi finish, she felt that Xiangyang Newspaper was very fair.

She nodded her head and replied affably, "We've worked together before, and I trust Xiangyang Newspaper completely, so I'll leave it all to Comrade Su to take care of."

The responsibility of managing ISBNs, as well as the subsequent typesetting, printing, proofing, and sales, was not something she had to worry about.